Category:Lesson

The complexity of forest planning has led to the development of computer-based systems for analysing and solving these problems. Many countries have developed forest management decision support systems (FMDSS). Within the COST Action FORSYS a network of forest decision support specialists was established in order to share techniques and lessons learned.

Case studies are a widely used technique for sharing knowledge from past experiences. In relation to FMDSS, the case is typically the use of a system to address specific forest planning problems. Such real-world case studies have the advantage of enabling detailed understanding of both the tools and the context in which they are applied. As part of its networking activities, the experts of the ForestDSS community solicited such case studies from their own experiences in order to derive some lessons for the development and application of FMDSS. This overview provides a short synthesis of some of these lessons, which can serve as guidelines for future FMDSS development and use:

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